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Trump draws RED LINE on Syria in threat to Putin and Assad - 'Don't make GRAVE mistake!'

Trump has warned Syria’s President Assad not to send a reckless attack to Idlib (Image: Getty)

DONALD TRUMP has warned Syria’s President Assad and his allies Iran and Russia not to launch a “reckless attack” to the Idlib province, as the assault would result in hundreds of thousands of people killed.

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Russian sources have claimed the military drills are needed ahead of the final assault in Idlib (Image: Getty)

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov denied the upcoming naval drills were in relation to the situation in Syria's Idlib and had been planned in advance.

But the exercise appeared aimed as a warning to the West and UN forces against hitting Syrian government positions with tactical strikes.

In April, the US, UK and France launched over 100 missiles which they say targeted Syrian chemical weapons facilities in retaliation to a chemical weapons attack in Damascus.

Shocking footage of the chemical attack showed the devastation caused by sarin gas smoke which killed 80 civilians and drew international condemnation.

Assad's government immediately denied its involvement in a letter to the UN “asserting that Syria has not and will not use toxic gases against its people because it does not have them in the first place”.